Jury Pool Profile

Murray County, Georgia

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 40,282
Median household income: $67,880
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,156 87.3%
Black or African American alone 246 0.6%
Asian alone 151 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 337 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 136 0.3%
Some other race alone 1,556 3.9%
Two or more races 2,700 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,287 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 9,619 23.9%
18–24 3,565 8.9%
25–44 10,015 24.9%
45–64 11,086 27.5%
65 and over 5,997 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,202
Establishments: 539

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,832 34.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,033 24.6%
Education & health services 1,269 15.4%
Leisure & hospitality 705 8.5%
Public administration 483 5.9%
Professional & business services 310 3.8%
Financial activities 216 2.6%
Construction 183 2.2%
Other services 121 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 74 0.9%
Information 18 0.2%
Unclassified 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.3%
Median gross rent: $828
Owner-occupied: 11,191
Renter-occupied: 4,067

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,468 votes cast

Republican 14,965 85.7%
Democratic 2,459 14.1%
Other / third-party 44 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,680 12.3%
Other Indo-European 90 0.2%
Other 64 0.2%
German 24 0.1%
Korean 23 0.1%
Slavic languages 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,258
Family households: 11,607; 76.1% of households
Married w/ children: 8,508
Single-mother households: 964
Veterans: 1,528; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,206 28.0%
Catholic 2,021 5.1%
Mainline Protestant 716 1.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 493 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.4%
With a disability: 13.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Conasauga Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 4 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)
Court seats: Chatsworth, Dalton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 48.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023